On December 20, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the English League Cup officially began, and Chelsea, ranked 10th in the Premier League, sat at Stanford Stadium to face Newcastle United, ranked sixth. The two teams have met in the league this season, with Newcastle winning 4-1, so let's take a look at how the two sides met again.
At the beginning of the game, Gallagher's shot from the outside of the area hit the crossbar by a fraction of a second, and in the 16th minute, Chelsea made consecutive mistakes, Badiashile cleared the ball at the top of the arc and gave a gift with garlic at his feet, Wilson took the opportunity to meet the goalkeeper and hit the far corner, and Newcastle quickly established a one-goal advantage.
Chelsea, who were behind, still dominated possession, Sterling's consecutive shots were denied, but the team did not expect to receive bad news again, Enzo was injured and replaced by Armando Broja, which should not look too serious. Armando Broja scored a goal in the 38th minute, but the offside position was blown invalid, and he was still one goal behind at half-time.
Chelsea continued to look for opportunities in the second half, Jacquesson turned and swept wide in front of the goal, Raheem Sterling was saved by the goalkeeper, Nkunku returned from injury in the 69th minute and came off the bench to usher in the official debut of the Blues' career, seeing that the time was about to end, but in the 92nd minute of stoppage time, Kieran Trippier made a mistake in handling the ball in the penalty area, and Mudryk actively followed up to score a goalkeeper, and the 90th minute was a 1-1 draw.
In the first round of the penalty shoot-out, Palmer and Wilson were both scored, in the second round Gallagher scored and Trippier missed, in the third round both scored, and in the fourth round Mudryk scored and Ricci missed, and Chelsea eliminated Newcastle 5-3 at full-time to advance.
The other results were a 3-0 win over Port Vale at Middlesbrough, an 8-7 win by Fulham, an own goal by Keane in the 41st minute, a 1-1 draw in the 90th minute of normal time and a 7-6 win on penalties. So far, three places have been created in the last four of the EFL Cup, namely Chelsea, Fulham and Middlesbrough.
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